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NOTICES:
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 24, 1917.
THE RED HAND XMAS
COMPOSITIONS LIMITED, LONDON.
Contractors to the Admiralty, India Office, War Oflice, Grown Agents for the Colonies, &c.,
"THE RED HAND BRAND."
Antifouling Compositions for Ships Bottoms. Antisive Paints, Ready mixed, for all purposes.
Supplies available from,
DODWELL & CO., LTD
SOLE AGENTS.
THE STANDARD LIFE ASSURANCE CO.
New Scheme for Children's Early Endowment:-
Principal features: Small Premium, Liberal Surrender Value, No Medical Examination, Return of Premia in the Event of Death, and Numerous Options at the Age of 25, WRITE FOR PAMPHLET AND FULL PARTICULARS TO
DODWELL & CO. LTD. Agents.
YALE CHAIN BLOCKS.
TRIPLEX, DUPLEX, & DIFFERENTIAL
TROLLEYS & TROLLEY TRACKS,
CRANES &c.
SOLE AGENTS—
BRADLEY & CO. LTD.. MACHINERY DEPT. QUEEN'S BUILDING, GĦATER ROAD, HONGKONG,
THE HONGKONG ROPE MANUFACTURING C
ESTABLISHED 1883. MANUFACTURERS OF
LTD.
PURE MANILA ROPE
8 STRAND
14 to 15"
CIRCUMFERENCE.
CABLE LAID
5" to 15" CIRCUMFERENCE
4 STRAND 3" to 10" CIRCUMFERENCE.
Oil Drilling Cables of any size up to 3,000 feet in length, Prices, Samples and full particulars will be forwarded on application.
SHEWAN TOMES & Co.
POMMERY CHAMPAGNE
SEG & EXTRA SEC.
SOLE AGENTS:
CALDBECK MACGREGOR
& Co..
No. 18, QUEEN'S ROAD.
Telephone No. 75.
NORTH BRITISH
AND
MERCANTILE INSURANCE CO.,
in which are vested the shares of THE OCEAN MARINE INSURANCE CO., LTD.
AND
THE RAILWAY PASSEN- CERS ASSURANCE CO, The Undersigned AGENT8 for the above Company are preparad to ACCEPT RISKS against FIRE at Garrent Rates.
SHEWAN, TOMES & CO.
Agents.
Yorkshire Insurance Co.,Ltd.
ESTABLISHED 1884.
The Undersigned AGENTS for the above Company are prepared
| 400 ACCEPT RISKS against FIRE
at Ourrent Rater.
General Managers.
ASTHMA
İCAN BE CURED.
T
“HEN why be half suffocated, and sit up all night coughing and guaping for
| breath when a SINALE dose of
NOBBS' ASTHMA CURE
will give you certain, prompt relief and ensure a good night's rest This, the only genuine eure för Asthma, discovered by Mr. HOBAs, qualified Chemniat, "and sufferer for many year, will, if taken when necomary, effect a mdical care of this erstwhile incurable malady..
Obinable at Mowers, a. 5. WATSON & Co. Ltd. and all Chemist and Patent Medicine Vendors,
Price: $2.50 per bottle.
GREEN ISLAND CEMENT COMPANY, LIMITED.
PORTLAND cement.
In Casks of 375 lbs, net. In Bags of 250 lbs. not.
SHEWAN, TÓMES & CO.
General Managera Hongkong, 16th August, 1916.
|||LESSONSIN CHINESE.
محمد
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Bile Colony for Men Years,
Es berk, good method of tra
to pass Chinese axsanizations, and is passtand.
of a first raha eertiñosie as a Čisinese tasaher. Ha hay xivo a mol·kzetiaden el-Mandarin and Hakka
– those who: Print Smernig ta vimine language ara vertenteč je arba, sure of In some kong Telegraph "-otine or direct 10 Mar
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MEE CHEUNG FIRST CLASS PHOTOGRAPHER, ·
ICE HOUSE STREET,
Developing.Printing & Enlarging dons with neatness and despatch.
Pictures Coloured and Framed.
LEE KEE
BUILDING-CONTRACTUM, DEALER IN SANITARY GOODS, MANUFACTUREN OF MOLAID TILES, FIRE BRICKS AND SANITARY STORE- WARK BRAIN PIPERIMPORTER ARE KXPORTER OF BUILDING MATERIALS,.
SHEWAN, TOMES & CO. Telpas ka, 1453,0fissa Showrsend
AGENTS:
Head Once-1, Wellington] Street.
HAMS
EVERY HAM
GUARANTEED.
NOTICES.
SILVER DISH" BRAND.
QUALITY CANNOT BE SURPASSED.
HOTELS AND CAFES.
THE HONGKONG HOTEL
AND
GRILL ROOM.
`J. H. TAGGART, Manager.
PEAK HOTEL.
1,400 FEET ABOVE SEA LEVEL. FIFTEEN MINUTES FROM PRINCIPAL LANDING STAGE. MESTOLATE RESIDENTIAL and TOURET HOTIL, Unrivalled for Comfort Amith and Convenience. Telephones in Every Room; prompt comection maintaiɛed. by sia linat to Centra). |Modernis Tarif und Excalien Crisian, Boof Gsodes and Social Rooms, Europan Kanner meets SteuADETİ
P. O. PEUSTER, Manager.
GRAND HOTEL.
A fire-class and up-to-date Hotel, moss central location, within the vicinity of all ska palvelpal Banks. Nosed for the best Food, Estrushnants, Accommodation and Cleanliness. Caisine under Baropean
Eupervision. -
4 Árst-stam string Orchestra renders relevsions from 8.30 pun. to 13.30 p.m.
Special monthly terms for residents and for shipping people. For further particulara apply: W. GALLAGHER, Manager. Telephone No. 197,
Telegraphic Address 'COMFORT."
KING EDWARD HOTEL.
CENTRAL LOCATION. ELECTRIC LIFTB AND LIGHTING, TELEPHONE ON EACH FLOOR. „HOTEL LAUNCH MEETS ALL STEAMERS. Tel. 373
{Tolertephie Address:"VICTORIA "
J. WITCHELL
Manager
ST. GEORGE'S HOUSE,
2 and 4, KENNEDY ROAD. Telephone 113. Private hotel, affording every Comfort. Large and airy rooms. splendid. View of Harbour, Excellent Cuime under Personel Supervision of the Proprietress.
For Terms apply -MRS. LOSSIUS, Proprietress.
STATION
KOWLOOR,
HOTEL,
First ones and most up-to-date Residential and Tourist Hotel. Two minuten: from the Ferry. Moderate tarif and most excellent cuisine under entirely European management. Monthly and Family rates can be amanged on most reasonable;
Apply:-THE MANAGERESS. Kowloon. Telographic Address: “TERMOTEL." Code Used: A,B.C. 5th Edn.
17.
PALACE HOTEL, KOWLOON.
FIRST CLASS, AND MOST UP-TO-DATE TOURIST HOTEL 2 Minutes from the Ferry.
Well furnished rooms can be obtained with or without board. Special rates for]| families and mercantile marine officers,
Telephone KS.
F. E. HALL, Proprietor.
NEW MACAO HOTEL,
PRAYA GRANDE, "MACAO:
-The above Hotal was opened on August 111, 1814, woćw new proprietorship and Management The Rotal now offers, for Residents and Tourists, excellent accommodation. Large dining room facing the saX. It has been entirely repeated throughout and newly furnished, and is now up-to-date in every respect. Large and airy rooms, wepellent sanitary arrangements, Hot and Cold Bath, Mectric •Anght and fana | Private and Pubile Bar and Biliarda. Terms Moderate. For further information apply to
Telegraphic Address " Phania.
THE MANAOZA
ALEXANDRA CAFE.
On Bread is made from Use Bart Quality Flour only, and can be ebiaload and orders taken AN WEE'S DAIRY, 11, Fodig Road, OX LEE Compradore, Haiphong Road, HUNG CHEONG Compradort, Haiphong Road, KWONG FOOX, Compradors, Haiphong Kowd, KWONG YUEN MOW, | Comprador, Halphons kond.
Order may be left with the above for any of our products. We pet-up absolutely the Best Tiño and Diapers—a sew Mass for Each Musi.. Price oss Dollar Esch, or go Meals Sue Bao.on good for any meal, or a la Carte ap to 13 pants.
Wa Guaranine eveything got up and cold by the Alemudra Cafe u be of first Class Quality. Try may own maka Pork Sangagwand Pork Fies. Pure Java Coffee Roasted and Ground Daily and put my lo à lk. Tias at lo cants. We give you a Eplandid Cap of Lipton's Ten Flixural and molí drinks of every description.
Just give us a Trial and you will be more thua mutluña).
R. J. HOWARD, Sole Proprietor.
Grand Hotel de l'Europe, Singapore.
UNDER NEW BRITISH MANAGEMENT.
THE PREMIER HOTEL. FINEST SITUATION,
EXCELLENT CUISINE.
ARTHUR E. ODEL,
(Lale Grand Hotel, Southcliffe, England, and Royal Palace Hotel London, W.E)
NOTICE.
DRAGON MOTOR CAR Co.
MOTOR CARS FOR HIRE & SALE,,
PROMPT SERVICE,
Sole Distributors for South China and Macao for the OVERLAND and HUDSON Motor Cars, the TRUM- DABULLZFGycle Car NEW COMET and the HARLEY
DAVIDSON Motor Cycles, Eng
ZOWLOON HEANON. 46, BATEAN KDAY,
TEL: 481:
PROPRIETOR, O. LAURITSEN. Tel.
YAMANAN BJ Ma watejaij
NOTICES
SCRIPPS.
"THE
NEW YORK TÒ PETROGRAD:"
MOTOR THAT DID IT."
ALEX. ROSS & CO. SOLE AGENTS
ESTIMATES FREE.
THE PENTA MARINE MOTOR. RUNNING ON PETROL, BENSOL, ALCOHOL OR PETROLEUM.
V Unsarpunard in
construction and
workmanship.
Silent renning. BEST four-cycle. Molor on the market for running
< PETROLEUM..
*maineta offi****** Minut
36 B. H. P. PENTA Marine Motor with. reverse gear and fitted with PENTA Universal Vaporiser.
THE HEXA MOTOR
Economical working. Accessibil
Ity to all
working parts. Swedish make.
for Stationery, Portable and Marine purposes. This Motor runs on Petroleum and equally advantageously on all kinds of Orude & Tar Oil..
FOR PARTICULARS AND CATALOGUES APPLY)TO THE AGENTS :-
A. B. THE SWEDISH TRADING CO.,
Tel. No.
1877.
FIL IN CHINA, LTD.
York Buldings, Top Floor. Telephone. 171.
COLIN MADRENZIE A CO
THE COLONIAL
Tel. No.
1877.
DISPENSARY
CHEMISTS & DRUGGISTS
34, QUEENT ROAD CENTRAR, HONGKONG
AT LAST,
The enemy Bee which manufacture Nerre Strengthening Food are atlset to be wound up under the Trading with the Knomy Ast, Now if you want a nove zirengthening food you mart buy it from an
Soglish firm.
WE SELL SANAPHOS.
AN ENTIRELY BRITISH-PRODUOT - prescribed by tha bighost medical wuttoritios. · An ideal summer ionls for reconstructing the word nerve tissue. We can recommend it Price $2.50 per bottle.
Music
and
Fun
NEW
RECORDS,
NEW
MUSIC AT
ROBINSON'S
JEYES FLUID and other special-
by
Itles made Messrs. Jeyes are stocked by us. Jeyes. "Jeysol" &-"Lanocyliin" de, take the place of the German "Lysol;""; and, other. preparations, and are equally efficient.
THE PHARMACY.
I
PRICES VERY MODERATE.
extendin
GENERAL NEWS.
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A House Tax In Chius.
Peking.
† Ján. 13. —At x-finta- dial conference yesterday, the Ministry of Finsnos decided to introduce a house-tax." _Opinion was divided as to whether first to enforce the tax in Peking only, an an experiment, or in the provin cial capitatu: aleo. This heu not yet been settled.
A-Sametra Rising.
Pedang, Jan. 9.--Samvirs telegrams report a rising on the west coat. Mr. Mudler, a Dutch civil servant at Borong-barong, -has been murdered and severní people wounded in the neigh bourhood of Baron. Two rabel lendars wore abot after an attack jon-the umed polios. Military sid | haarbaan dispatched.—Singapore
Fres Press.
Terrible Explosion at Fushan Mine. Peking, January 13.--There was a terrible gas explosion yesterday in the Oyama Pitofthe Fushun Colisries, which1 balong to the South Manchuria Railway. - Out of 1,188 men below ground at the time, 17 Japanese and:980 Chinese are missing. It may be necessary to close up the pit in order to pat out the fire.
Chinese Premier and. Pasce. Upon his call on the German Minister here the other day, says the Peking Daily News, Premier Toan stated that China" ninosrsly sympathised - with the Note of President Wilson on:patos, and that for the sake of humanity änd the interests of this country, the Chiness Government' and pedpis hope that an early peace wills be made in Europe between the belligerent Powers.
Tiger on a Rubber Estate, A coolie on. Kubang · Eatsis was taken by a tiger, the other. day, according to the Singapore Free Press. The victim, “WKI impping some 150 yards, within the estate. The big forest reserva in this district of Negri Sembilan
must be simply swarming, with the brates, and in view of the ontinued low of life and the inoressing disorganisation of the labour forces the failure of the sathorities, to, Idalitate drastic meisures appears inexplicable.
Bucharest.
Bachsrest, like most of the citias of Eastern Europe, has had a fair shares of- eslamities,"bat hitherto it bsa suffered compara tively little by warfare, "The Tarks barat it f*-1595, and it' | was occupied by Turan, Kustrians and Russians in succession during | the Crimean war; but the greatest +-disasters in its history have been due to earthquake and dissues. Plague visited Buobareat several timen na lato as the eighteenth :'. century, and in 1818 a terrible outbreak is asid to bave carried |cil 70,000 persons-in shix weeks.
-Exchange. ***
3.....F.M. 5. Taxation.
A correspondent of the Malay ́ Ma-writes:-Now that we know tbat half a million sterling-as |result of the increased taxation— lir to be the contribution of the. {'F.M.B. towards the war, would it. not be possible to devote this to |something conarets, wharaby we». 1989 remember. it? Bhips of the
Malays type rarely go far, I lake' it, without an escort of tarpedo boat Might Lauggest that the Home Government be approached with a view to naming four torpedo boats after the four States. of the Federalíon ?
Escape from Slavery, Amsterdam, Nov. 30.—The Maastricht journal Les Nouvelles learns that forty-two L'ags arm- outers yeslerday svaning took by assault a German tag moored in Įthe Qisa Canal. They suboseded, with the complicity of the Garmen arew, consisting of the omplain and two sailors and a pilot, who ware inɛ the, military, eserios, in paming from the canal into the Mense and then steamed at fall speed towards Holland, At Lysden, Da the frontier, the host ran into a steel osble laid by the Germans, bat alid over it without breaking it, and safelyresobed port in Dajah, territory,zállatba. | fetty two had zupsined? warning
of their Assyon ding dap
Fyou have lost your appetila
or of the big variety: "dainty dishes at the “ALE
D&A CAFE is) wuro